Prince William defeated Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham in a friendly game of darts
In November, Prince William went to South Africa for the fourth annual Earthshot Award, which honors the innovative climate solutions he helped establish in 2020. Hannah Waddingham, actor played Rebecca ABOVE Ted Lasso, is a longtime supporter of the initiative, and in 2023 she hosted the third annual ceremony in Singapore. This year, she couldn’t travel to Cape Town for the event, so instead, Waddingham invited the prince to join her for cider and a game of darts to recap the trip. They posted their afternoon at Alexandra Palace next Earthshot Prize YouTube channel.
“It’s wonderful,” William said. “We reached a peak where it felt more like a concert than an awards show. It just has a really good atmosphere.”
That video is an advertisement for Earthshot Report, a new documentary about the awards proceedings, which aired on Sunday in the UK and will air on Wednesday in the US. When the darts game began, Waddingham said she felt scared about her opponent. “I feel both happy and scared playing darts with the future king of England,” she said before struggling through her first three tries. When William succeeded, she laughed and said, “I was so angry.”
Over a glass of cider, William explained the reason His original plan for the prize was on climate change focus on jobs they can do in 10 years. “We want to think of it as a decade of change. The future changes we want need to start happening pretty quickly now and so this decade of change is where the Earthshot Prize is in contention,” he said. “Right now, the focus is on highlighting, introducing, scaling, all the great solutions out there. Invest in them, watch them, support them and use them. Then we will make the Earth more sustainable and better for all of us in the future.”
During a trip to South Africa in November, William wear a pair of biodegradable shoes from the Purified brand, made with a plastic-free leather alternative Invented by Earthshot winnersNFW. While playing with Waddingham, he mentioned that he was wearing biodegradable shoes again. He added that the most important work the prize has done to date is connecting companies with climate solutions with investors who can help them grow their businesses and scale their solutions. environmental degradation.
“We created something called Launchpad, which is a big dating app that connects innovators with investors,” he said. “By combining the two together, we’ve effectively done all the due diligence for them, so these investors can come in and say we know what we’re talking about. are buying, we know it’s reliable, we know it’s going to work, now we’re going to put the money in.”
